Despite all evidence to the contrary, Fark's resident box office return fanatic writes yet another contrarian headline from the cold, clammy recesses of the internet. Seriously, when you aren't completely wrong about the numbers, you're claims about whichever movie are usually the opposite of the truth. I basically use these headlines like I use Armond White reviews, so thanks for being a sub-standard barometer, I suppose.

Well Oz is sitting at 60% overall critics on rottentomatoes but since I didn't feel like seeing it I don't know if it's a soft 60% with dubious fresh reviews. However, only 30% of the top reviewers were positive. That does seem like an anomaly to have a 30% swing since the few others that I checked feature swings of plus or minus 5%.

thamike:Despite all evidence to the contrary, Fark's resident box office return fanatic writes yet another contrarian headline from the cold, clammy recesses of the internet. Seriously, when you aren't completely wrong about the numbers, you're claims about whichever movie are usually the opposite of the truth. I basically use these headlines like I use Armond White reviews, so thanks for being a sub-standard barometer, I suppose.

I agree with all of this, and would like to add that the headline is a grammatical nightmare.

This and other movies are benefitting from the virtual studio monopoly. If I want to go see a movie with my kid this month... Oz is about the only choice. So they make bank whether it's good or not. My moviegoing friends and I haven't done a movie outing in two months because there's nothing showing that doesn't just make you one shade dumber.

mxyzplk:This and other movies are benefitting from the virtual studio monopoly. If I want to go see a movie with my kid this month... Oz is about the only choice. So they make bank whether it's good or not. My moviegoing friends and I haven't done a movie outing in two months because there's nothing showing that doesn't just make you one shade dumber.

Saw it on Friday on IMAX and in 3D. It was dull until the last 30 minutes. If it were a superhero movie, it would have been the "Origin of the Green Witch as played by Meg Griffin".

The last 30 minutes were awesome enough to make up for the first 90. However, will not be seeing it again or buying the DVD.

The cover story in Entertainment Weekly proudly declared that the identity of the Wicked Witch was a big secret they were not going to share. The small write-up on costumes on the very next page didn't have the same restriction. Good editing.

Carth:This movie looks like it was created by the team that did Disney's Alice in Wonderland. That movie that no one admits to liking but made over $300 million at the box office.

even worse: it made over a billion dollars worldwide and was one of, if not the, top grossing movie that year. I don't get it, that movie was farking terrible. It could've been good, but it actually felt more like the Wizard of Oz (specifically, the book Wicked) with all references to Dorothy stricken out of the screenplay and Alice written over top.

thamike:Despite all evidence to the contrary, Fark's resident box office return fanatic writes yet another contrarian headline from the cold, clammy recesses of the internet. Seriously, when you aren't completely wrong about the numbers, you're claims about whichever movie are usually the opposite of the truth. I basically use these headlines like I use Armond White reviews, so thanks for being a sub-standard barometer, I suppose.

FeedTheCollapse:Carth: This movie looks like it was created by the team that did Disney's Alice in Wonderland. That movie that no one admits to liking but made over $300 million at the box office.

even worse: it made over a billion dollars worldwide and was one of, if not the, top grossing movie that year. I don't get it, that movie was farking terrible. It could've been good, but it actually felt more like the Wizard of Oz (specifically, the book Wicked) with all references to Dorothy stricken out of the screenplay and Alice written over top.

I can't imagine Disney cares what people online complain about if the movies gross that much. It is like movie goers keep punching themselves in the face, and complain it hurts, but don't stop.